"an online journal for African music that promotes independence and cultural authenticty. It is a collection of music, musicians, literature, oral and written history / philosophy. Founded in 2000, it is a promotional portal for cultural sharing and the philosophy of togetherness... ." Maintained by Struan Douglas. Based in Durban, South Africa. http://www.afribeat.com/

Search their catalog.
For example, a search on Senegal produced over 700 citations to recordings
(Senegalese musicians, interview with Youssou N'Dour, bird calls, etc.) You
can limit the search to Oral Histories. Copies of recordings can be purchased; "however "recordings
which are less than 50 years old are all in copyright and you will need to
obtain written permission from the copyright owner before a copy can be made." The Archive is digitizing ten collections including the D. Rycroft South Africa recordings 1960s-70; the Klaus Wachsmann Uganda recordings 1949-54; and the BBC World Service African Writers Club. http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/nsa.html

Workshops. Was formerly the North Sea Jazz Festival. http://www.capetownjazzfest.com/

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

A South African film, based on Georges Bizet's Carmen, and set in
a Cape Town township, wins the top award, the Golden Bear, at the 2005
Berlin Film Festival.
Directed by Mark Dornford-May. The libretto was
translated into Xhosa.

From Filmaker.co.za:
http://www.filmmaker.co.za/edition/news_page.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1107156843&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5& From SouthAfrica.info:
http://www.southafrica.info/news/top_story/ucarmen-ekhayelitsha.htm

Founded 1967, inspired by the Vienna Boys' Choir. Also operates a school
for choir members. "The Choir School was one of the first educational
institutions in South Africa to enrol boys of all race groups." Cds can
be ordered by mail. Has a video/audio clip. [KF] http://www.dbchoir.info/

"Home page for The Independent Armchair Theatre, one of Cape Town’s main live music venues. The site also acts as a resource for information on local musicians and an online store." http://www.armchairtheatre.co.za/

"This site is dedicated to liberation of Mzwakhe Mbuli, prominent
artist and hero of the movement for justice in South Africa, whose poetry
fueled a movement and inspires a nation. He was arrested on October 28, 1997
on trumped-up charges because he had knowledge of corrupt officials and complained
about police failure to charge anyone for the third attempt on his life." Includes
articles, photographs, an online petition. Based in Cambridge, Mass. [KF]
http://www.mzwakhe.org/

For a BBC
report on the case, which includes audio clips and related sites, see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_452000/452518.stm

Biographies, photographs of South African musicians. Links to South African
music events. From Making Music Productions cc. http://www.music.org.za/

National Anthems and Songs

The African National Congress site has
links to The Call of South Africa, Die Stem van Suid Afrika, Nkosi Sikelel'
iAfrika, and The Internationale. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/misc/

South African
Government Site
South African government site. Has the text of the South African national
anthem, in English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and a history of the
anthem. The audio file of Nkosi Sikelel' (as a .wav file) is very
slow to download) . [KF] http://www.polity.org.za/lists/songs.html

Features "dance, theatre, music and opera to fine art, film, craftart,
cabaret and jazz." "Sponsored by Standard Bank since 1984, it is
a project of the Grahamstown Foundation, a non-profit making body..." http://www.nafest.co.za

Site has closed down. "Live, 24-hour, streaming radio
from the South African Broadcasting Corporation." Contains discograpies,
biographies of the musicians, historical background of the music traditions,
selected audio tracks for those with sound cards and speakers, a chat room,
an online store to purchase CDs. Includes township, jazz, religious, and
neotraditional music. Background article in the New York Times,
March 16, 1998 by Lisa Napoli. Sponsored by Quincy Jones. http://www.qradio.net/

Monthly news magazine for the South African film, television, video, radio
and multimedia industry. Selected articles are online. Has a weekly email
newsletter, an extensive directory covering film production, community radio, recording
studios, and more, a personal managers association directory to
find actors, singers, dancers. In Production is a directory
of all the productions in development, pre-, post- and completed in South
Africa. [KF] http://www.screenafrica.com/

"Selsong Studio is a one man Pre-Production and Top Quality Demo operation, run by Selwyn Schneider. After living in London for 26 years, Selwyn has returned to SA to live in Cape Town." http://www.selsong.com/Studio/studio.html

"Articles on South African and other musics; reviews of books, scores,
software and multimedia products, and recordings; conference reports and
other news." Has the table of contents and abstracts for articles.
Based at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. http://www.und.ac.za/und/samus/

The Trust brings music education projects to music teachers
and students in disadvantaged communities in which it works such as Soweto,
Alexandra
Township, Atteridgeville, Eersterust, Mamelodi, Kuils River, Nyanga, Guguletu,
Khayalitsha, Ga-Rankua, Orange Farm. Has issues of their Newsletter. Based
in Johannesburg, South Africa. http://www.samet.org.za/

Annual celebration of South African music. "South African Music Week
is run by the MIDI Trust in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture
and
a strategic partnership has been formed with the Department of Education."
Music performance schedules, South
African music overview, music career advice, links to related sites.
[KF] http://www.samw.co.za/